Officers with the Utah Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force investigated Purcell after a special agent allegedly found Purcell’s IP address had downloaded child porn from the The eDonkey Networks, beginning in July of 2012, according to a probable cause statement.

Investigators searched Purcell’s home on Jan. 30, 2013 and confiscated an external hard drive and a laptop. They allegedly found 1,968 “images of child erotica,” and seven videos “depicting victims estimated to be 12 years or younger,” the statement said.

Purcell denied any knowledge of child pornography and told agents he thought his computer may have been hacked, the probable cause statement said.

Purcell told investigators that the only file sharing he had done was in trying to set up a virtual private network for his work, but that he had been unsuccessful, court documents say.